Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of two Canton Geneva pedagogical tools devised to sensibilise the local population to sustainable development issues. Design/methodology/approach – The survey attempts to verify individuals' awareness and opinion towards sustainable development, as well as the influence of both tools on their routines. In total, 992 people who live...

In this paper, the authors present the results of an empirical study that attempts to analyse the risk of bank run in Geneva, Switzerland. Two similar surveys have been conducted upon two independent samples of Geneva population (June 2008 and February 2009) to detect the existence of predictive signals leading to a bank run within the selected area. The authors discover that Geneva inhabitants...

The specific attitudes and behaviours of individuals of a given society must be properly understood in order to develop adequate and relevant public policies regarding water consumption. We have conducted a survey research in order to measure the perception of the Geneva population regarding main social aspects of water consumption. We collected 907 valid questionnaires. In particular, we wanted...